So I decided to have the Operating Procedures professionally printed in a booklet to assist me while flying. My iPad is already in use by Navigraph and seemed a bit tedious having to keep switching between that and the procedures. I find it useful to have a physical copy in front of me for when I need to refer to it. Plus it’s also quite nice to have anyway seeing as I’m a huge fan of the A32NX.
Has anyone else done this?
My CDO (or OCD for less severe people 
) loves that!!!
I do a version of this for all aircraft I fly / have flown. I don’t get it professionally printed / bound but I, like you, prefer a physical copy in the cockpit.
I get a full page / double sided reference checklist and laminate it. I also get a pocket style checklist that fits on a kneeboard.
I grab the real world POH and print it out for the binder which covers all procedures / scenarios. If it’s a third party plane I also print out their documentation.
I use them for flight / fuel planning, weight and balance, checklists / procedures, etc… during every flight.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who likes to do this. I see you also have a copy of the Wiley Flight Sim X book. I actually brought this recently, got a lot of useful information in. It would be nice to see an updated version of this made for FS2020.
I didn’t think about getting the real world manuals. Are the Beechcraft ones available to download online?
Yes, I read the book (at the suggestion of a forum member) while I was waiting for all my sim hardware / PC to arrive. Allot of good information, and while not written for MSFS 2020 directly, the bases / principals really don’t change version to version (navigation, charts, etc…) so it was a good foundation.
All the POH’s (that I have searched) are freely available online.
Here is a sheet of all my sim stuff, look in documentation for all the manuals I have, links are provided.
Really nice and interesting work, thanks for the share !
This looks awesome. Yes, I have in the past with some of the earlier PMDG product manuals. I’ve also printed out parts of FCOM checklists and performance charts and put them in binders. Honestly, just at the beginning of the year I purged it all.
I have hundreds of manuals and documents stored in the cloud and I access what I need from my iPad while flying. I also use ForeFlight and Navigraph but I either import the document in ForeFlight and use it directly from the app, or use the handy split screen feature in the iPad to bring up ForeFlight next to whatever other app I’m using to read a chart or work with Navigraph, etc. Saves shelf space in my office!
Hello,
Anything involving third -party aircraft and mods belongs in the Third Party > Aircraft category. I moved your thread there.
This is probably a stupid question, but where did you find the manual in the first place? The manual I found is full of links and seems abbreviated. Also the printing looks amazing! Very cool and thanks for sharing.
I think it’s here:
https://docs.flybywiresim.com/
The specific page is this one:
https://docs.flybywiresim.com/pilots-corner/SOP/
The second download link has the full manual
Many thanks!
It’s the second link as just posted where I got this from. I was thinking about just printing it myself but thought it would probably get worn very quickly especially on ordinary inkjet paper. This is why I opted for a printed version which I got from an online printing company.
This does seem to be a common “problem”. With the PMDG 737, Fenix A320, BAe 146 and MD80 all coming soon, I will need to invest in more binders…
That’s nice! Very organised, this is something I’m looking at doing for my favourite aircraft. Do you mind me asking where you got your manuals from as they look like FS2020 branded ones? It looks like you’ve put a lot of work into those.
I just printed these myself, just copy/pasting the logos from the internet, so nothing fancy and copying some images from the developers web sites.
Still looks impressive. I was thinking about going down the printing myself/binder route but they tend to take up a lot of space. Especially when compared to a printed booklet. I know it’s more expensive to do but the finish is nice. This A320 one I did was a trial run so I can decide on paper type, thickness etc. for the others I have planned.
Yes, your book is much more impressive - and made me think that might be a better way to go.
